Dialogue

A: 我们可以优惠百分之三

Wŏmen kěyĭ yōuhuì băifēnzhīsān.

We can cut the price by three percent.

B: 百分之五,我们更容易接受

Băifēnzhīwŭ, wŏmen gèng róngyì jiēshòu.

A five-percent discount is more acceptable.

Related expression

那好吧,谁让我们是老朋友呢!

Nà hăo ba. Shuí ràng wŏmen shì lăopéngyou ne!

All right, then. We are old friends, aren't we!

Tips

If you want the cooperation of everyone involved, you need to inform each person of the benefits of settling the negotiations.

Source: Chinese 101 in Cartoons (for CEOs) published by Sinolingua Press

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